Wanderlust Wednesday

This photo didn't make it into my blog post about Jigokudani Yaen-koen, but it's so "National Geographic" that I couldn't leave it out! One word... Ouch!!

Holiday Trip to Mainland Japan: Jigokudani Yaen-koen (aka Snow Monkey Park)

On Christmas morning, Mark and I woke up early to pack our gear and head to Nagano to see the snow monkeys! This was a HUGE "Japan Bucket List" item of mine... so you can imagine my excitement!! We decided against a tour for two reasons (1) it was expensive and (2) the tour brought us back to Hakuba and we wanted to continue on towards Tokyo, instead.